No. 25-775

Westforth Sports, Inc. v. City of Chicago, Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2026-01-02
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse Waived
Tags: due-process fourteenth-amendment non-resident-seller personal-jurisdiction product-transportation specific-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allow a state to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a non-resident retail seller of legal, non-defective, easilytransportable products based on the seller's foreseeability that some such products may, through the agency of third parties over whom the seller has no control, be transported into the forum state without any direction from the seller?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allow a state to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a non-resident retail seller based on foreseeability of product transportation into the forum state?

Docket Entries

2026-02-17
Motion of City of Chicago, Illinois for an extension of time submitted.
2026-02-02
Response Requested. (Due March 4, 2026)
2026-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-21
Waiver of City of Chicago, Illinois of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-21
Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago, Illinois to respond filed.
2025-12-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 2, 2026)

Attorneys

City of Chicago, Illinois
Priyanka Gupta SenEverytown Law, Respondent
Westforth Sports, Inc.
Timothy Rockwell RuddBraum | Rudd, Petitioner